Meryl Streep

Acting

Meryl Streep

Born 22 June 1949 · Summit, New Jersey, USA · 77

Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Often described as the best actress of her generation, Streep is particularly known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over five decades, including a record 21 Academy Award nominations (winning three) and a record 32 Golden Globe Award nominations (winning eight). She has also received two British Academy Film Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and six Grammy Awards.

Known for

Highlights

Project Hail Mary2026 · Film · Rejected Rocky Voice (voice)
The Simpsons1989 · Series · Jessica Lovejoy (voice)
The Devil Wears Prada2006 · Film · Miranda Priestly
Little Women2019 · Film · Aunt March
Fantastic Mr. Fox2009 · Film · Mrs. Fox (voice)
The Deer Hunter1978 · Film · Linda

Filmography

Movies

83 films

The Devil Wears Prada 22026 · Film · Miranda
Do We Know Each Other?2026 · Film · Miranda Priestly
Henry David Thoreau2026 · Film · Various Voices (voice)
Project Hail Mary2026 · Film · Rejected Rocky Voice (voice)
Hoppers2026 · Film · Insect Queen (voice)
Don't Look Up2021 · Film · President Orlean
Dear Elizabeth2021 · Film · Elizabeth Bishop
Let Them All Talk2020 · Film · Alice Hughes
The Prom2020 · Film · Dee Dee Allen
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover2020 · Film · Meryl Streep
Little Women2019 · Film · Aunt March
The Laundromat2019 · Film · Ellen Martin / Elena
Mary Poppins Returns2018 · Film · Cousin Topsy
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again2018 · Film · Donna
Every Act of Life2018 · Film · Maurine McElroy (voice)
The Post2017 · Film · Kay Graham
Florence Foster Jenkins2016 · Film · Florence Foster Jenkins
Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray2016 · Film · Elizabeth Murray (voice)
Suffragette2015 · Film · Emmeline Pankhurst
Ricki and the Flash2015 · Film · Ricki Rendazzo
Into the Woods2014 · Film · Witch
The Giver2014 · Film · Chief Elder
The Homesman2014 · Film · Altha Carter
August: Osage County2013 · Film · Violet Weston
Hope Springs2012 · Film · Kay
The Iron Lady2011 · Film · Margaret Thatcher
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life2010 · Film · Jennie
Sky Island2010 · Film · (voice)
It's Complicated2009 · Film · Jane Adler
Fantastic Mr. Fox2009 · Film · Mrs. Fox (voice)
Julie & Julia2009 · Film · Julia Child
Doubt2008 · Film · Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Mamma Mia!2008 · Film · Donna Sheridan
Dark Matter2008 · Film · Joanna Silver
Lions for Lambs2007 · Film · Janine Roth
Rendition2007 · Film · Corrine Whitman
Evening2007 · Film · Lila Ross
The Ant Bully2006 · Film · Queen (voice)
The Devil Wears Prada2006 · Film · Miranda Priestly
A Prairie Home Companion2006 · Film · Yolanda Johnson
The Music of Regret2006 · Film · The Woman
Prime2005 · Film · Lisa Metzger
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events2004 · Film · Josephine Anwhistle
The Manchurian Candidate2004 · Film · Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
Stuck on You2003 · Film · Meryl Streep (uncredited)
The Hours2002 · Film · Clarissa Vaughan
Adaptation.2002 · Film · Susan Orlean
A.I. Artificial Intelligence2001 · Film · Blue Mecha (voice)
Music of the Heart1999 · Film · Roberta
One True Thing1998 · Film · Kate Gulden
Dancing at Lughnasa1998 · Film · Kate Mundy
...First Do No Harm1997 · Film · Lori Reimuller
Marvin's Room1996 · Film · Lee Wakefield Lacker
Before and After1996 · Film · Carolyn Ryan
The Bridges of Madison County1995 · Film · Francesca Johnson
The River Wild1994 · Film · Gail Hartman
The House of the Spirits1993 · Film · Clara del Valle Trueba
Death Becomes Her1992 · Film · Madeline Ashton Menville
Defending Your Life1991 · Film · Julia
Postcards from the Edge1990 · Film · Suzanne Vale
The Earth Day Special1990 · Film · Concerned Citizen
She-Devil1989 · Film · Mary Fisher
Evil Angels1988 · Film · Lindy Chamberlain
Ironweed1987 · Film · Helen Archer
Heartburn1986 · Film · Rachel
Out of Africa1985 · Film · Karen Blixen
Plenty1985 · Film · Susan Traherne
Falling in Love1984 · Film · Molly Gilmore
Silkwood1983 · Film · Karen Silkwood
Sophie's Choice1982 · Film · Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
Still of the Night1982 · Film · Brooke Reynolds
Alice at the Palace1982 · Film · Alice
The French Lieutenant's Woman1981 · Film · Sarah / Anna
Kiss Me, Petruchio1981 · Film · Katherine
Kramer vs. Kramer1979 · Film · Joanna Kramer
The Seduction of Joe Tynan1979 · Film · Karen Traynor
Uncommon Women and Others1979 · Film · Leilah
Manhattan1979 · Film · Jill
The Deer Hunter1978 · Film · Linda
Julia1977 · Film · Anne Marie
The Deadliest Season1977 · Film · Sharon Miller
Secret Service1977 · Film · Edith Varney
Everybody Rides the Carousel1976 · Film · Stage 6 (voice)

Filmography

Series

15 shows

Henry David Thoreau2026 · Series · Various Characters (voice)
The American Revolution2025 · Series · Mercy Otis Warren (voice)
Extrapolations2023 · Series · Eve
Only Murders in the Building2021 · Series · Loretta Durkin
Hemingway2021 · Series · Martha Gellhorn (voice)
Big Little Lies2017 · Series · Mary Louise Wright
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History2014 · Series · Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)
奥斯维辛集中营2013 · Series · 讲述
Web Therapy2011 · Series · Camilla Bowner
Unscripted2005 · Series · Meryl Streep
Angels in America2003 · Series · Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia
King of the Hill1997 · Series · Aunt Esme Dauterive (voice)
The Simpsons1989 · Series · Jessica Lovejoy (voice)
Holocaust1978 · Series · Inga Helms Weiss
Great Performances1971 · Series